Player Career

Teja Young Career Story

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Player Story

Teja Young story

Teja Young built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a safety from West Palm Beach, FL wearing No. 16, spending time with Florida Atlantic and Ole Miss. The clearest part of Teja Young's career was his defensive production: 171 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 7 interceptions, and 16 passes defended across 49 career games in the available record. That gives Teja Young's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Florida Atlantic

    2018-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Ole Miss

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2018201920202020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic06.30.8
2019 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic2.59.71.82.5
2020 PostseasonFlorida Atlantic421.15.21.5
2020 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic421.15.20
2021 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic9.528.16.15.5
2022 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic928.65.4-0.5
2023 Regular SeasonOle Miss2101.1-7

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2023Florida Atlantic to Ole MissG5/FCS to P478.7May 24, 2023

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Marshall

Week 8 · L 9-20 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#2

@ Florida

Week 1 · L 14-35

1.5

Havoc Plays

77.2 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Rice

Week 7 · W 17-14 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

63.3 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.

#4

@ North Texas

Week 5 · L 28-45 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

63 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 63 takeover score.

#5

@ Charlotte

Week 8 · W 38-9 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

58.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic

9.5 primary output · 28.1 efficiency · 6.1 usage

58.4

#2

2022 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic

55.4

9 primary · 28.6 efficiency · 5.4 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic

37.5

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 0.8 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

6

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games